About this Speaker
Community volunteer with a special interest in disability issues (particularly those that affect individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families) youth leadership development (particularly in areas of recent conflict) education programs that focus on students in under-served areas
Experience:
Current
National Board member and Vice President, The Arc of the United States
Advisory Board, Learning Together Project Fund (Cricket Media the The Hopewell Fund)
Member, Mason LIFE Coordinating Council (George Mason University)
Former
Founder and Board Chair, Washington Ireland Program for Service and Leadership (WIP)
DC Coordinator, Project Children
Chair, Friends of J.O. Wilson Elementary School
Co-Chair, Washington Interfaith Network (WIN)
Board Chair, South Africa-Washington International Program (SAWIP)
Advisory Board Co-Chair, N Street Village
Member, President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID)
Consultant/Lobbyist, America’s Public Television Stations
Vice President for Government Affairs, National Association of Broadcasters
Liaison for Women’s Organizations, White House (President Jimmy Carter)
Executive Director, The Women’s Campaign Fund